yesterday we decided to go visit Sancerre.
from wiki:
Sancerre is a medieval hilltop town (ville), commune and canton in the Cher department of central France overlooking the Loire River. It is noted for its wine.
I went to sancerre a few years ago with a friend. she knows one of the winemakers very well, so we visit the vineyards and had a merry old time tasting wine. of course i brought some bottles back to paris, but unfortunately there was no wine left after my first night home. =( so with me mother and aunt, we decided to take another trip to restock my cellar. and it was awesome. first we visited:
It's a beautiful chateau that has been in the family since before 1200. The same family still lives there and they have been making wine since before 1396. Here you can read about the history of the family and the vineyards. The guardian was very pleasant, as they are closed on Sundays. He was very nice and let us taste some wines, and we came away with two cases. =) Next on our trip was the:
(me, the father of the vineyard, my mum, my auntie)
We had an appointment so we were received very well. We spent 3 or 4 hours with the vigneron. He explained to us all different facets of the wine business and culture. He took us on a tour of the cellar and it was fascinating.
the "pipette" to extract wine for the barrels. its a barrel of white wine so you need to look closely to see the wine in the tube.
filling the glasses with the pipette. red wine this time so u can see it better!
looking in the barrel of red wine.
bottles and bottles of wine waiting to be packaged and shipped off.
all in all, after our little trip we had 16 cases of wine. hopefully theyll stay in our cellar a little longer than last time i brought back wine from sancerre...
our trunk jam packed with cartons of wine.
in the garage....
my uncle putting his bottles away in his "bomb shelter" wine cellar. (yes he did break one in the process, but shhhhh!)
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